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Happy birthday Poppy Sore Eye
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Have great day Paul and enjoy that new chair you are picking up today. I was dobbed in, now you are
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Retire Aug 22.
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My last day of real work on Friday 22Augest 34 years service as line worker .Worked in Ryde to Brooklyn area maintaining 11kv /415v mains and supply to customers.. . At 61 I 'm doing the big loop . A few things to do before we go like some maintenance on home mainly gutters .. See you all out there .. Grae...
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suburban gas/elect - gas lighting isssue
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Suburban gas/electric model sw6dea. When lighting with gas the hot water unit takes a number of efforts before it stays lit. It seems to attempt to start in bouts of 3. And then requires being switched off and on again. And a further 3 attempts then try to light. Sometimes it may take 3-4 on/off at...
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Whats your towing rig
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I have spent yesterday look for a towing rig, my preference is leaning towards either the BT50/Ranger or a Triton 2010/11 The Bt50/Ranger in a freestyle cab 3.0ltr TDI as either a 2.5 or 3t towing capacity, where the Triton in a similar configuration is only 2.25t. Finding one is not the problem but the...
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Just found out
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just been told i am wealthy because i drive a car ,and here i was thinking i wanted more, i did not realise i was so well off
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selling
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Hi All, It is with great reluctance and long discussions, that we have decided to sell our campervan, We only bought it last year and had so much work done on it but unfortunately age has caught up with us, after a trip to W.A. we realise that we cannot continue travelling on the road. We have been so lu...
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Lounge chair update...
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Learning on this trip what we need to organise re lounge chair asnd table placement as well as what we need to do to tidy up the tandem wheel arch. Aussie Paul.
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hidden money
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when selling a motorhome or anything ,check for your hidden money, as I hid money ,in a high ace and sold it and didn't get it back I know people will say you got to much money but we are pensioners, and just got excited about selling , honesty is the best policy but be carful , this happened a few years ago , No...
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Anyone Recently Been to Hutt River Province (WA - near Kalbarri) Recently ????
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http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t58291131/hutt-river-province-camping-near-kalbarri-wa/
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Sore arms from paddling your Kayak?
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These days lots of 'vanners carry kayaks on top of their tug. The video & commentary on this link gives good advice on how to paddle correctly to avoid strain on the arms. Have a look at the second guy on the paddling technique video. I use an exaggerated 'stiff arm' technique for the first 10 min or s...
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Mirrors when towing.
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hello everyone, my whinge for Monday is how do u c behind when u don't have extended mirrors when towing u'r van, I drove 560 odd ks today out to work and came across a lot of caravans and couldn't believe how many were driving along at 80 - 90 kph without mirrors and not worried about what was going on behind...
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Safety Dave - Great Service
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We are currently on our half lap of Australia. At Lake Argyle my reverse camera on the van failed. When we got to Kununurra I discovered the terminal on the connecting cable was partly broken off. I rang Safety Dave where I got the camera SIX YEARS AGO and they happily emailed the wiring diagram for the te...
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Fuel consumption in Pajero
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Hi again an I'm not ranting today . As I said yesterday I traveled 570 odd ks in my 01 NM Pajero 3.5 ltr v6 and was very happy with 12.9 ltrs/100ks and now waiting for our new van to c how much that will change. I had the injectors cleaned last week as one was leaking , new plugs as well while was stripped down. C...
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Nimbin NSW - Museum and Cafe Destroy By Fire
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-13/fire-guts-buildings-in-main-street-of-nimbin-nsw/5666994-- Edited by Vic41 on Wednesday 13th of August 2014 09:07:49 AM
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Camps 5,6 7
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Hi, just tried to find what these are all about, camps 5,6 and so on. Can anyone enlighten me please. cheers newby
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Alligator bites canoeist
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http://www.paddling.net/articles/feature.html?show=80&utm_source=email_newsletter&utm_medium=email
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MOVING ON AGAIN
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Yep, time to fire up the Collie and head out of Nambucca Heads to Penrith, West of Sydney for a few days so will be chugging along to Pacific Hwy tomorrow. Yell out if ya see me. UHF 18/40 good buddy.
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I know what he did is wrong, but it's hard not to sympathise!
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/german-truckie-who-fired-shots-wanted-to-teach-drivers-a-lesson/story-fnb64oi6-1227021987544
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Some Lessons we have Learned
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We are on the way back to Melbourne, dont want to but have to get back to work.We thought we had it all worked out, but I now know just how green we were!We have learned so much over the last four and a half weeks.First of all free camping in roadside stops is only for us in desperate situations, our first nigh...
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hard Water stains
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Hi All Looking at what to use in the water systems to flush out when van is in storage(washing machine,pressure pump etc)as we have noticed build up in the lines.Any suggestions on what to use would be fantastic Thanks in advance Mark/Jaqui
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